Well, I'm looking through Harlemmy stomach squeal just a little moreA stagecouch full of feathers and footprints,pulls up to soap¨box doorNow a lady with a pearl¨handled necktieTied to the driver's fencebreathes in my face,bourbon and coke possessed wordsHaven't I seen you somewhere in hell,or was it just an accident?"(You know how I felt then, and so:)

Before I could ask "was it the East or West side?"my feet they howled in painThe wheels of a bandwagon cut very deep,but not as deep in my mind as the rainAnd as they pulled away I could see her wordsStagger and fall on my muddy tentWell I picked them up, brushed them off,to see what they say,and you wouldn't believe:`Come around to my room, with the tooth in the middle,and bring along the bottle and a president'

And eh sometimes it's not so easy, babyEspecially when your only friend,talks, sees, looks and feels like you,and you do just the same as him(Gets very lonely up this road, baby)(Yeah, hmmm, yeah)(Got more to say!)

Well I'm riding through LA (huh),on a bicycle built for foolsAnd I seen one of my old buddiesAnd he say, "you don't look the way you usually do"I say, "well, some people look like a coin-box"He say, "look like you ain't got no coins to spare"And I laid back and I thought to myself, and I said this:I just picked up my pride from underneath the pay phone,and combed this breath right out of my hairAnd sometimes it's not so easyEspecially when your only friendtalk, sees, looks and feels like you,and you do just the same as him

just got out of a Scandinavian jail,and I'm on my way straight home to youBut I feel so dizzy I take a quick look in the mirror,to make sure my friend's here with me tooAnd you know good well I don't drink coffee,so you fill my cup full of sandAnd the frozen tea leaves on the bottomSharing lipstick around the broken edgeAnd my coat that you let your dog lay by the fire onAnd your cat he attacked me from his pill¨box ledgeAnd I thought you were my friend tooMan, my shadow comes in line before youI'm finding out that it's eh not so easySpecially when your only friendTalks, looks, sees and feels like you,and you do the same just like him